Category: B

  • Baresthesia

    Sense of weight or pressure; pressure sense.  

  • Barbula hirci

    Hairs present on the ears.  

  • Barany’s caloric test

    Evaluation of vestibular function by irrigation of the ear canal with either warm or cold water. Normally when warm water is used, rotatory nystagmus toward the irrigated ear is observed; with cold water, the normal response is rotatory nystagmus away from the irrigated ear. If vestibular function is impaired, the response may be absent or…

  • Banna virus

    The type species of the genus Seadornavirus (family Reoviridae), isolated in Asia. It is transmitted to humans by tick bite and is implicated in some cases of encephalitis.  

  • Bankart lesion

    An avulsion injury of the anterior capsule and labrum of the glenoid rim of the glenohumeral joint. This lesion is a common reason for recurrent anterior glenohumeral dislocations or anterior glenohumeral instability.  

  • Banisteriopsis caapi

    A tropical vine indigenous to South America whose bark is boiled with other plants to make hallucinogenic drinks, such as ayahuasca, or yage.  

  • Bandl’s ring

    Ringlike thickening and indentation at the junction of the upper and lower uterine segments that obstructs delivery of the fetus.  

  • Bandemia

    The presence of more than 6% of immature neutrophils (band cells) in the blood. This finding indicates infection, inflammation, or some other signification physical stress.  

  • Butterfly bandage

    An adhesive bandage formerly used in place of sutures to hold wound edges together. The application of filmy sterile adhesive strips has replaced this entity (e.g., Steri-Strips). A slender adhesive strip with broader, flared extremities resembling the shape of butterfly wings, employed to secure the edges of a wound in close proximity during the healing…

  • Breast bandage

    Suspensory bandage and compress for the breasts.